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Miriam Silberman, a microbiology major in the Department of Biology in Arts & Sciences, won a Diversification of Our Research Scientists (D.O.O.R.S.) scholarship from Promega.

Sabrina M. Brown, former interim executive director of academic engagement at Harris-Stowe State University, has been appointed director of the Deneb STARS program at Washington University in St. Louis, according to Anna Gonzalez, vice chancellor for student affairs.

Sabin Nettles, a graduate student at the School of Medicine, received the Pre/Postdoctoral Next Generation Award from the Society for Neuroscience in recognition of her work introducing neuroscience to young students through the Brain Discovery initiative. 

Austin Moyle, a chemistry graduate student working with Michael Gross in Arts & Sciences, won a Next Generation Investigator Award from the California Separation Science Society.

Undergraduate members of the Class of 2022 are invited to apply to be the student speaker at the universitywide Commencement ceremony May 20.

Carter Revard, professor emeritus of English in Arts & Sciences, died Jan. 3 at his home in University City, Mo. He was 90.

Jeffrey Zacks, professor in Arts & Sciences and the School of Medicine, will explain how and why television and movies can have such strong effects on our brains in a Mirowitz Center online program Feb. 2.

Laneshia K. Tague, MD, assistant professor of medicine at the School of Medicine, has received the Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Award.

Using a mouse model, researchers in the lab of Jessica Wagenseil have modeled the behavior of the aorta to understand how it develops and how it responds to mechanical stressors.

Zhen (Jason) He has been named editor in chief of the Journal of Hazardous Materials, which focuses on the health and environmental risks that some materials pose.